what gauge are you using? i know thats a tedious question but i really want to know. I have a sadowsky semi, I put 13's on it and i'm not happy with the way it feels. those sound a little lighter to me. 12's 11's? thanks.
that sounds soooo sweat. btw, when you solo, how do you come up with the melodic ideas based on the chords and the scales. do you play over the changes? or use arpeggiated versions of the specific chords. i just need a little bit of help with my soloing abilities if you would be willing to lend a hand. GREAT PLAYING!
Scales worked fine as long as you had simple classical period style harmonies like the triads and dom 7ths of that period. But with modern harmonies, its tough to find scales that fit chords like Maj7b5, 7+11, 7b13 chords like a glove. I prefer to dissect my chords into intervals all the way out to their extensions and study all of the inversions thereof. That yields "custom" scales that fit each chord precisely rather than searching for existing scales.
Exactly! That way, every note is a chord tone either of the base chord or one of its many possible extensions/alterations! :) I think of it as the chord's "domain"! Which is a grouping or a set if you will that include every note from a "chord family"! Then I use voice leading to wire together the melodic curve!
Nice - elements of neo-classical, romantic and of course jazz. Good mix of outside chromaticism and modal/melodic ideas. Some of it reminds me of Barney Kessel. Oh, and nice guitar. ;-)
Thanks for the clip Jack , you sound amazing
RS
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rickso12 1 year ago
what gauge are you using? i know thats a tedious question but i really want to know. I have a sadowsky semi, I put 13's on it and i'm not happy with the way it feels. those sound a little lighter to me. 12's 11's? thanks.
benevolentcats 2 years ago
not sure because I've used a bunch of different sets . But on this video it was probably daddario .011s with a plain g
sheetsofsound 2 years ago
What a sound ! nice playing man !
lefeverthierry 2 years ago
You remind me a bit of Holdsworth and Ted Greene here. Very nice! I play Sadowsky basses but I haven't seen the semi-hollow yet. Sounds great.
fodera6 3 years ago
that sounds soooo sweat. btw, when you solo, how do you come up with the melodic ideas based on the chords and the scales. do you play over the changes? or use arpeggiated versions of the specific chords. i just need a little bit of help with my soloing abilities if you would be willing to lend a hand. GREAT PLAYING!
lobodelabahia 3 years ago
He does a bit of both, you should practice both.
seandog1234 3 years ago
Scales worked fine as long as you had simple classical period style harmonies like the triads and dom 7ths of that period. But with modern harmonies, its tough to find scales that fit chords like Maj7b5, 7+11, 7b13 chords like a glove. I prefer to dissect my chords into intervals all the way out to their extensions and study all of the inversions thereof. That yields "custom" scales that fit each chord precisely rather than searching for existing scales.
osensei2987 3 years ago
Thats kind of like arpeggios.
seandog1234 3 years ago
Exactly! That way, every note is a chord tone either of the base chord or one of its many possible extensions/alterations! :) I think of it as the chord's "domain"! Which is a grouping or a set if you will that include every note from a "chord family"! Then I use voice leading to wire together the melodic curve!
osensei2987 3 years ago
Nice - elements of neo-classical, romantic and of course jazz. Good mix of outside chromaticism and modal/melodic ideas. Some of it reminds me of Barney Kessel. Oh, and nice guitar. ;-)
MarkFromHawaii 3 years ago